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Deputy Minister for Strategy and Policy at the Ministry of Interior, Masood A Azizi met with the EUPOL Head of Mission Pia Stjernvall and her team on Sunday 29th March to discuss common projects and targets for the next weeks and months.

DM Azizi told that one of his challenges at the moment is to build a Traffic policing strategy. Acting Deputy Head of Mission Tarmo Miilits explained that although traffic policing as such does not belong to EUPOL's mandate, it ... More

“There is strong political support for female participation in society, but we have to find ways to make it happen. We need not only strong words, we needs action”, said Dr. Sima Samar, Director of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), in a meeting with EUPOL Head of Mission Pia Stjernvall, Acting Deputy Head of Mission Tarmo Miilits and Human Rights and Gender Expert Zsolt Szalay.

Germany, March 2015. Civil crisis management was the main focus of a study trip by the Deputy Minister of Interior for Security, General Mohammad Ayoub Salangi to Germany. The visit between 15 to 21 March involved a fully packed agenda, visiting several German (Police) institutions, including the Ministry of Interior, the Fedearl Police and the Foreign Office and the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. The aim of the visit was to familiarise General Salangi with cri... More

The aim of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL Afghanistan), launched in summer 2007, is to contribute to the establishment of a sustainable and effective civilian police, which works together with the Afghan justice system to improve the local population's safety.

EUPOL Afghanistan's support is delivered by its police and rule of law experts from EU Member States, mainly through advising in relevant Afghan institutions (Ministry of Interior, Afghan National Police, Ministry of Justice, and the Attorney General's Office) in Kabul, Herat and Mazar-e Sharif. Read more here